At least he is showing everyone his mistakes. Never lower your hoist all the way before dumpster makes it to end of rails. If you’re pointing downward you are gonna be in trouble someday when it slides forward and your cable comes off. Also most roll off trucks have locking pins. If it’s down the your locking pins are engaged and dumpster will not seat properly
Ran across this video. Raising the rails until they hit the ground and raise the truck's back end slightly. You've very likely just left marks or gouges in your customers road surface. Raise your rails high enough to fit under the pickup rollers but not touch the ground. Your sat stationary and then pulled the box forward up onto the rails. What if the box rear rollers are sized or broken. Depending on the ground surface. You've just likely gouged or left roller ruts wherever you loaded this box. Leave your brakes releasesd, retractable the cable a little until your rails are under the rail rollers. Bring the rails down slightly ensuring weigh on the rails and they are driven onto the ground surface. Now while your brakes are released and truck is free to roll. Retrack your cable, pulling the truck under the 'stationary' box your loading. When you get far enough under the box you can bring the rails down lifting the rear of the box off the ground. Hold your foot on the brake and continue loading the box. This process of letting the truck roll under or out, instead of dragging the box with load. Puts far less strain on the truck hoisting components.
Recently started roll-off driver, I return to your videos often to get the basics drilled in my head. Almost everyone has their own way of doing things , which can be confusing to newbie. All was going good till I had a can slide off rails and get stuck in between rails ,because I didn’t slow down and follow basics , most stressed,scared I have been in my 58yrs, no one was hurt,no damage to truck or property but I will never let that happen to me again because I rushed .Hope that never happens to any driver ,new or old .I was in tight area without room to get to a safe area and free the box , needless to say I was very lucky . Thank you for you’re teaching videos, there are not many as thorough as yours
Glad I could help you. I want you every person the opportunity to learn a new job and be successful. There are a lot of little tricks you learn over years of having problems. That was my biggest issue training new guys, was getting the difficult cans so we could solve the problem together. Some weeks training I would have 3-10 problem cans and other weeks training I would have none. In my experience the ability of the driver to learn roll off, depended mostly on how the drivers willingness to learn and accept criticism from a younger person like myself. Thankfully the people who “know it all” aren’t watching How To videos in their off time!
@@code3responsevideos872 Since you're a trainer, you should do what we did in the Air Force. Have operating instructions from approaching, setup. Keep refining it, including the situations with the problem cans(what were the problems & how to resolve it). This way, even Gomer Pyle or Forest Gump could do the job, if they follow the step from 1 to x.
@@DecrepitBiden I agree, I worked this job from age 20-30. In the early to mid years I was the trainer at this company. Although this was all we one company the owner never allowed me to implement the training program I wanted. I heard from other trainers that big companies used classroom and closed courses. I kept telling the owner, “ if I got hired at company X for roll off, they wouldn’t even consider me without 2 years experience. Additionally, they would pay for 2 weeks of classroom/closed course driving, then 2 more weeks with a trainer locally.” But I never got him to come around. It was hard but I quit that job 2 years ago for a job hauling hazmat in a daycab. I’ve heard through the grapevine his insurance costs have went 10X due to the bad drivers, coupled with lack of training. It’s negligent to hired some with a checkered driving record and not give them proper training. This video was my attempt for training material to watch this before they started training with me. I did it without the owners knowledge. I had one new guy who started at our company who (having zero roll off experience) searched and found this video here. He knew immediately when seeing the truck in person that he had been watching my videos. I believe that driver just had his 5thin year with the company. I know this is a long winded explanation, but I wish I could’ve had the authority to organize this process. All I can say is I am extremely blessed to have my new job.
I just started roll off? I'd say roll is the most basic. But then things get messy and then you on your own and now have to troubleshoot. What I learned is always keep ratchet straps, ropes, bungees, and importantly sledgehammers lol
Hopefully your still answering to this. But i have the same car. Its blowing cold air on driver side and warm air on the passenger would this be the blend door as well
Just pull forward n bin will line. Be not to use the bin rail to line if the bin is heavy. It could bend the bin rail. But every driver is different hoow they do things .best of luck
Thanks for your comment, can’t say that I’ve ever seen a roll off hoist rail which was bent. I keep it on the rail to 1. Keep the rails from dragging 2. To keep it inline. I’ve had many instances of using the cable and it always gets crooked and you have to in rare instances unhook and start over. But everyone has their own method.
I just bought a new one and before I put it back together I just plugged it back n to be sure it would work and the actuator is not moving at all. Although when I plug the old one in it’s clicking on its own?
I did it one time. The hoist tail had me off the ground a bit so luckily I didn’t roll. Thank the lord I felt it right as I started to lower the tail. Most new trucks have an auditable horn that sounds when you open the door without using neutral and parking brakes.
Seems like such a pain in the ass compared to hook lift where you can just grab the box from a weird angle and pull it straight. About to start driving cable roll off for the first time.
Good work bro! I love the step-by-step breakdown. I especially like that you did a walk around. I drive a chain hoist roll-off but the fundamentals are very similar. Thanks for sharing. -LL
No problem my goal was to help the new inexperienced hires get a grasp for what we do. There at least 3 of the guys I trained who’re still out there doing roll off. I even a guy who was totally new to rolloff get hired by my company then went home and was searching around. RU-vid actually stumbled upon one of my videos and watched it. He then came in the next day and asked if i made those videos. I did eventually become the ops manager for about 3 years. I did all the hiring and firing. Recently got out of Trash for better money.
Them new Doyle vises at Harbor Freight are pretty decent. The red ones, not the blues ones they sell. They’re made of ductile cast iron. The steel is malleable so it bends unlike regular cast iron. That Wilton you’ve got is bad ass tho. I really like it. I’ve got a 3 1/2” Wilton bullet Vice. It’s a Cadet model. I just restored it. It’s a piece of art. I painted it the same color as yours. I brought all the front clip, handles and jaws to a high polish. 😀 it’s so nice and smooth now that I’m not quite ready to use it. I just want to stare at it. 😂
I have 2 different ones. The first one is a Grover emergency horn and the second is a Wolo Chief Horn. The Wolo is much cheaper and sounds about the same as the Grover.
Yes I’ve done it several times. They do make a bigger size the 10,000a and it’s more powerful. But I have started semis and garbage trucks in the winter before with mine. But if you’re a professional the bigger size would be better but it’s more $$$
Cool knife, thanks for the info, I just inherited one of the early ones with the leather sheath from my great uncle. I wouldn’t have guessed the 35 was for the pattern and length, I was thinking it was the year hahaha!
do sometimes you forget that you aren’t driving a big rig when driving this? Cuz I know you said you’re an engineer. It’s like I’ve always wondered if tiller drivers ever get confused for a second because they turn the opposite way
